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20 Weeks of Pregnancy: Meeting our Cleft Team, Fetal Echo and a General Update (and a Brief Maggie 20 Month Update)
If you follow me on Instagram, I provided a brief story update of our two appointments this week for baby boy (I am not sure I even announced that here!? But yes, it’s a boy!). I also felt like it had been awhile since I spoke pregnancy symptoms.. so here is my 20 week update!…
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Seeing a Genetic Counsellor in Pregnancy: How to Prepare & What to Expect
I recently had my appointment with Genetics – this is something that is recommended my maternal fetal medicine when a cleft lip (or palate) is a finding on ultrasound. It likely would also be suggested with other anomalies or ‘abnormal’ findings that are not ruled out. I had read several posts by others in the…
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Abnormal Anatomy Scan and My Maternal Fetal Medicine Experience (18-19 Weeks of Pregnancy)
Wow guys. What a whirlwind the last week has been. Let me provide a brief background (with links to a more detailed post on pregnancy ultrasounds) below and then I will get into what turned into a very long-winded story. I apologize but I wanted to capture how I felt. In pregnancy, you generally have…
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Low-Risk Pregnancy in Ontario: When Will My Ultrasounds Be?
Why is this low-risk only? Because high-risk pregnancies or pregnancies with more monitoring for whatever reason will likely have more frequent ultrasounds outside the “normal schedule”. Please also note that this post is as usual, based on my local ultrasound scheduling in the province of Ontario. As always I will try to provide some links…
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16-17 Weeks of Pregnancy
What is one part of my last pregnancy I did not enjoy at all? Honestly, I was very, very fortunate that I enjoyed most of my pregnancy with Maggie. I had very few “bad” symptoms, lots of energy in the second trimester, and didn’t really start to feel the “heaviness” of it all in my…
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Enhanced First Trimester Screening (eFTS) & Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT): An Overview
Note: the links in this post have now been updated since the BORN website launched. I have been trying, over my last 10 weeks or so of pregnancy, to write down any potential blog post topics based on things I’ve thought about; worried about; had to do; or that are relevant to different stages of…
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15 Weeks pregnant with #2 / Maggie is 19 months
It works out perfectly that I can often combine my weekly pregnancy journal posts with Maggie’s Monthly updates! This past Sunday Maggie hit 19 months – it came so quickly all of a sudden I almost forgot. To be honest, 18 months felt like it was really long, which was nice because some months fly…
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I Support Breastfeeding Photos
Last year for World Breastfeeding Week, I did a series of informative posts on breastfeeding. I looked at common myths, claims, and questions and provided supported answers. You can find that series here (Part 2, Part 3, Final). You can also find my personal overview of my first breastfeeding journey here (3 part series –…
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13-14 Weeks of Pregnancy: Ready to Say Goodbye to the First Trimester!
Starting at week 13, I have started to feel a lot better than I have in previous weeks. I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of my nausea (I think) but everyday is different. My Symptoms Over the Past Week Nausea – decreased and mostly in the mornings now…
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I’m Pregnant! (And Maggie is 18 Months!)
I know I have been seriously MIA on here and I apologize to anyone who reads this blog regularly! I just haven’t had the energy or motivation – partly, because I am expecting #2! And partly because I was in a really writing-heavy Masters course that required 3 paper submissions. I’m just finishing it up…
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